FILE PHOTO: Migrants disembark from Dattilo coast guard vessel in the Sicilian harbour of Augusta, Italy, March 20, 2017. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello/File Photo
ROME (Reuters) - Humanitarian ships rescued almost 1,200 migrants who were crossing the Mediterranean Sea at the weekend on an array of small, tightly packed boats, Doctors Without Borders said on Sunday.
A young woman was found unconscious on one of the vessels and later died, the group said.
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